Copper Grove, TX — May 4, 2025, a passenger was injure due to a motorcycle versus car accident shortly after 2:00 a.m. along State Highway 6.

According to authorities, two people—a 40-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman—were traveling on an eastbound Harley Davidson motorcycle at the S.H. 6 and Huffmeister Road intersection when the accident took place.

Officials indicate that, for as yet unknown reasons, a westbound Mazda CX-5 failed to heed the signal given by the traffic light, entering the intersection at an apparently unsafe time. A collision consequently occurred between the Mazda and the motorcycle.

The woman who had been a passenger on the motorcycle reportedly sustained serious injuries over the course of the accident. Additional details pertaining to this incident—including the identity of the victim—are not available at this point in time. The investigation is currently ongoing.

Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman

Collisions between motorcycles and cars at intersections almost always leave the rider and passenger with the worst of the injuries. When a vehicle runs a light and a motorcyclist has no real protection, the stakes couldn’t be higher. The real issue is whether investigators are doing enough to uncover why this crash happened.

1. Did the authorities thoroughly investigate the crash?
It’s one thing to say a driver “failed to heed the light,” but did investigators document how both vehicles approached the intersection? Was speed estimated, braking measured, or signal timing checked against vehicle movement? For a motorcycle crash, even small differences in timing can determine whether the riders had any chance to avoid impact. Without that careful reconstruction, it’s too easy to reduce the case to a line in a report rather than a full explanation of what happened.

2. Has anyone looked into the possibility that a vehicle defect caused the crash?
On the Mazda’s side, a brake malfunction, faulty accelerator, or electronic error could have contributed to entering the intersection at the wrong time. On the motorcycle’s side, tire, brake, or suspension problems might have limited its ability to evade or lessen the impact. Both vehicles should be inspected thoroughly. Without that, the assumption will remain that the driver made a bad decision—when it could just as easily have been a mechanical failure.

3. Has all the electronic data relating to the crash been collected?
The Mazda likely has an event data recorder that could confirm its speed, throttle, and braking input at the time it entered the intersection. That evidence could show whether the driver attempted to stop and couldn’t, or simply never braked. Phone records may also be critical in determining whether distraction played a role. For the motorcycle, less digital data may be available, but GPS and phone information could help confirm timing and approach speed. Cameras at the light may also hold key footage.

When riders are seriously hurt in an intersection crash, it’s not enough to note that one driver had the green and the other didn’t. The full truth comes from asking the deeper questions—about investigation quality, vehicle condition, and electronic records—before drawing conclusions.

Key Takeaways:

• Intersection crashes between cars and motorcycles demand detailed reconstruction, not quick blame.
• Vehicle defects in either the car or the motorcycle could have played a hidden role.
• Black box data, phone use, and traffic cameras can clarify the final moments before impact.